Hi and welcome from Northern Arizona. I have a Babylock Quilters Dream. I am reading this thread at work but I'll check my manual when I get home and see what it says. When I use my thread cutter it leaves about an inch on my needle. I don't remember changing the tension for that, so I'll try to get back to you. In the meantime, if you go to Babylocks website you might be able to download the manual for your machine.